18 Sep SOAM Network Sovereignties Residence Programme: May-October 2024. Selected Resident. Ammersee (Germany). https://soam.earth/work/SOAM
From May to October 2024, I had the honor of being a selected resident at the SOAM Network Sovereignties Residence Programme, held at Ammersee, Germany. The programme focuses on the emerging framework of network sovereignties. This concept, explored under the ERC Consolidator BlockchainGov project led...
13 Sep Kick-off Project: EC-HorizonEurope-ENFIELD. Democracy in the Age of Algorithm: Enhancing Transparency and Trust in AIGenerated Content through Innovative Detection Techniques” SGA: oc1-2024-TES-01 / GA: 101120657.
On 13 September 2024, I had the opportunity to present my research on Trustworthy AI at a workshop held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, under the auspices of the Enfield EU project. The workshop brought together scholars and practitioners to address one of the most pressing challenges...
06 Sep Paper presented at Data Power Conference, Graz (Austria) & Bangalore (India), 4-6 September: Data-In-Flux: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Data On Move.Paper presented at Data Power Conference, Graz (Austria) & Bangalore (India), 4-6 September
On 4-6 September 2024, I had the honor of presenting my research titled Data-In-Flux: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Data On Move at the Data Power Conference in Graz (Austria) and Bangalore (India). The panel, organized by Anu Masso, provided a stimulating...
03 Sep Scientific Direction of the Summer School AI4SI 2024: 2-3 September. Donostia-San Sebastian (Spain)
On 2-3 September 2024, I had the honor of directing the Summer Course AI for Social Innovation (AI4SI) in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain. This unique event brought together participants from diverse backgrounds to discuss the transformative potential of AI in fostering social innovation. The course explored...
30 Aug Invited paper presented at the RGS-IBS Annual Meeting, Panel Digital Territories. London (UK), 27-30 August: PostWestphalian Datafied Network States.
I recently had the opportunity to present my latest paper at the RGS-IBG (Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual Meeting, as part of the Panel on Digital Territories, held in London from August 27-30. The presentation, titled "PostWestphalian Datafied Network States",...
03 Jul Paper presented at WISERD Annual Conference 2024, South Wales University, Cardiff (UK), 3-4 July 2024: ‘Digital Foundational Economy: AI, Data Democracy, and Social Innovation’
On 3-4 July 2024, I had the honor of presenting my paper titled "Digital Foundational Economy: AI, Data Democracy, and Social Innovation" at the WISERD Annual Conference, hosted by South Wales University in Cardiff. This exciting event provided an opportunity to engage with scholars and...
02 Jul Kindly Invited by Dr. Dafydd Huw Rees: Bridging Public Spheres in Wales and the Basque Country: Creating Public Spheres Workshop. Canolfan Richard Price Centre, Cardiff University, Aberdare Hall (UK), 2 July 2024
On 2 July 2024, I had the honor of presenting my paper titled "Bridging Public Spheres in Wales and the Basque Country" at the Creating Public Spheres Conference, hosted by Cardiff University at Aberdare Hall. This exciting event, which I was kindly invited to by...
27 Jun Exploring Coordi-Nations and New Network Sovereignties: Research Workshop and Public Conference. Healdsburg, California (USA), 17-27 June 2024
From July 17-27, 2023, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Research Workshop and Public Conference in Healdsburg, California, titled "Exploring Coordi-Nations and New Network Sovereignties". This event was a deep dive into how network sovereignties—decentralized systems of governance—are reshaping the landscape...
06 Jun Paper Presented at the 2024 Equitable Tech Summit, National Press Club, Washington DC (USA), 6 June 2024. Equitable Tech: Navigating AI, Blockchain, and Data Sovereignty
I was honored to present my paper on "Equitable Tech: Navigating AI, Blockchain, and Data Sovereignty" at the 2024 Equitable Tech Summit, held at the National Press Club in Washington DC on June 6, 2024. The summit, organized by the Decentralization Research Center (DRC), under...
24 May Invited Paper Presented at the 4th International Conference on Nationalism. Bilbao (Spain), 24 May 2024. ‘What is an Algorithmic Nation? Sovereignties Under Scrutiny’
On May 24, 2024, I had the honor of presenting my paper "What is an Algorithmic Nation? Sovereignties Under Scrutiny" at the 4th International Conference on Nationalism, held in Bilbao and organized by the Subiranotasuna Europako Herrietan Masterra (UPV/EHU). The event gathered scholars and researchers...
09 Apr Invited paper presented at the Research & Innovation Forum 2024. Ravello (Italy), 10-12 April 2024: Democratic Erosion of Data-Opolies Amid Web3 and AI Realms
I had the pleasure of presenting my research titled "Democratic Erosion of Data-Opolies Amid Web3 and AI Realms" at the Research & Innovation Forum (Rii Forum) 2024, which took place in Ravello, Italy from April 10-12. The event, chaired by Dr. Anna Visvizi from SGH...
01 Jan Invited talk at VIII World Congress of Basque Communities held by Basque Government, Presidency, External Affairs’ General Secretary in St Sebastian on 20th December 2023
This past week #Eraldaroa VIII World #Congress of Basque Communities was held by #BasqueGovernment, Presidency, External Affairs’ General Secretary, in #Donostia gathering delegations from #Argentina #USA #Uruguay #Venezuela #Germany #Australia #Belgium #Brazil #Canada #Chile #Colombia #Cuba #France #Japan #Mexico #Paraguay #Peru 20th Dec, I presented...
01 Jan Invited talk at Mondragon University’s UniverCity Symposium around Welsh & Basque Cooperation on 14th December 2023
Thank to the grant funding achieved this year by the Learned Society of Wales to undertake '#Welsh & #Basque Cooperation' #ActionResearch project, this week I presented several preliminary findings and insights about it at Mondragon Unibertsitatea in #Bilbao. Against the backdrop of the #MoU signed between...
11 Oct Published peer-reviewed article in the journal Globalizations (IF 2.5/CiteScore 4.7)
Here is the article’s full reference of the article (in press). To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2023), Blockchain-Driven Digital Nomadism in the Basque e-Diaspora. Globalizations. DOI:10.1080/14747731.2023.2271216. ...
04 Oct Published peer-reviewed article in the journal Futures (IF 3.0/CiteScore 6.3)
Here is the article's full reference to the link to Open Access. To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2023), Disruptive Technologies for e-Diasporas: Blockchain, DAOs, Data Cooperatives, Metaverse, and ChatGPT. Futures, 103258. DOI:10.1016/j.futures.2023.103258. ...
16 Sep Invited Speaker at Global Innovation Coop Summit, 29 Sept., Montreal (Canada)
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13 Sep Invited Speaker at Workshop: New Tools for the Digital Society, 29 Sept., Philipps Universität Marburg (Germany)
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13 Sep Invited Speaker at Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum, 13th Sept., London (UK)
Dr Calzada participated in the event by addressing data governance issues to smart cities. WEET-Connected-Places-Agenda-13.09.23Download WEET-Connected-Places-Speaker-Biographies-13.09.23Download ...
11 Sep Invited Speaker at the University of Salamanca (Spain) on ‘Smart City Citizenship: AI from a Transdisciplinary Social Science Perspective’, 11th Sept., Salamanca (Spain)
Dr Calzada delivered an invited seminar with different scholars from Social Science: Economy, Finance, Corporate Governance, Sociology, Demography, and Marketing, among others. 0-PROGRAMA-SEMINARIO-IGOR-CALZADA_11-SEPTIEMBREDownload ...
06 Sep ‘Towards an Algorithmic Nation? Dilemmas Around Synthetic Citizenship in Northern Ireland’ paper delivered at The Synthetic City: Potential, Politics, and Everyday Life Conference, 6-7 Sept. 2023, at Dublin City University (Ireland)
Towards an Algorithmic Nation? Dilemmas Around Synthetic Citizenship in Northern Ireland paper delivered at The Synthetic City: Potentials, Politics, and Everyday Life, Dublin (Ireland), 6-7 Sept. Programme_abstracts_finalDownload Programme_bios_finalDownload The paper reproduced the article published in the journal Citizenship Studies, particularly in the Special Issue Volume 27, 2023 -...
31 Aug Invited Speaker at Stanford University, The Science of Blockchain Conference 2023 (SBC23)/ Stanford DAO Workshop, 31th August, Palo Alto – California (USA)
Dr Calzada participated in an invited speaker capacity at Stanford University, The Science of Blockchain Conference 2023 (SBC23)/ Stanford DAO Workshop, in Palo Alto, California, on 31st August 2023 after spending a whole week conducting fieldwork action research. Agenda-for-2023-Stanford-DAO-WorkshopDownload Agenda-for-2023-Stanford-DAO-Workshop-1Download Dr-Igor-Calzada-MBA-is-a-Principal-Investigator-and-Fulbright-Scholar-at-Ikerbasque-University-of-th-1Download T20_PB_TF2_201_DigitalTransformationDownload ...
